Improvement in school-desks



JOHN PEARD.

Improvement in School-Desks.

Patented Mag/23, 1871.

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s `JOHNPEARD, or; New vonk, N. Y.

`IVlPROVElM ENT IN `SCHOOL-DESKS.

u l Specificatiiilforming part of Letters Patent No. 115,232, dated May Q3, 1871.

To all whomtmay concern: i i

Be -it knownythauLJoHN PEARD, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have in-V vented a new and"` useful Improvement in School Desk. and Seat ,and Il do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled `in theart to make `and use the same, referencefbein g had to 'the accompanying drawing, forming `away to show the construction. Fig. 3 is a ,detail sectional .viewfof a portion of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i c

My invention has for' its object to improve `the construction of school desks and seats, so

as to make them simpler in construction, convenient, and comfortable in use 5 and it consists in the construction andl arrangement of the book-board,`as hereinafter more fully de scribed.

A are the end frames of the desk and seat, which 4are cast in the required shape. The middle part of the upper ends ofthe cast `frames A are recessed, as shown in Fig. l, to

allow space for the:` movement of the edge of the desk B when turned up into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig; 1, and in full lines in Fig. 3.

\ C are brackets, to` `which the ends of the desk-board Band seat D are attached, and upon the lower edge "of the said brackets, between their centers and rear ends, are formed recesses to receive the circular upper end a* of the rear part or arm of the top of the end frame Af i The circular end al is recessed upon its upper side, as shownin Fig. 1, thus forming two shoulders orstops, a2 a3, to receive the check or stop pin c2, to stop and hold the desk and seat in position `both when turned j down and up, the shoulders a2 a3 and pin c2 being so arrangedas to stop the desk-board B before it comes in contact with the frames A.

The check-pin c? passesthrough the bracket i C, so as to cross the recess in said bracket in proper position to enter 'the recess in the end ofthe arm al and strike against the shoulders The pin c should have a piece of rubber tubing placed upon it to fprevent noise when" the desk-board B is turned, and to 4prevent the said pin from striking dead against the said shoulders.

. C1 is the pivotingpin, which passes through the recessed part ofthe bracket C, and through `shown in Fig. l, to relieve the check-pin c2 from having to sustain the whole weight of the desk-board when turned down.

F is a board, the outer edge of which fits against the outer edge of the under side of the desk-board B, and to its inner edge is attached a shouldered iiange or edge-board, G.

The flan ged board F G is secured in proper position by being attached to wedge-shaped blocks H, interposed between the desk-board B and the book or reading board F.

The board F is designed to receive books for reading or study, and hold them in proper position for the scholar to read them when sitting erect in his seat, the shouldered iiange G receiving and holding the lower ends of the leaves. The flanged board F G may also be used for holding drawing-paper, etc.

The reading-board F G is so arranged that the outer edge of the edge-board G, whenthe desk is turned up, may be about upon a line with the rear edge of the joints, so that the scholars, in passing in,and out, will not hit against said joints.

Iare the end pieces of the seat-back, which are got out upon a curve corresponding with the curve of the upper part of the forward edge of the end frames A. s

J are the lower horizontal bars of the back, the ends of which are doweled to the inner ed ges of the pieces I.

rK is the upper horizontal bar of the seatback, which extends `across theupper ends of the pieces I, and its lower edge is doweled to the upper ends of said end pieces I.

By this construction a seat-back is produced tion also saves timber and labor in gettingy out the backs, and at the same time ina-kes them strong, comfortable in use, and neat and nished in appearance.

L is the book-box, which is attached to the frames A in the ordinary manner, except that it is extended downward, so as to give more space for the books, and at the same time leave more space between it and the deskboard B.

In case the desk is made without the seat, the forward legs of the frames A are extended down in the same manner as the rear legs, the forward projection to support the seat being omitted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The ianged reading or book board F Gr, attached to the under part of the pivoted deskboard B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. A desk, B, pivoted brackets C C, having checks c2, and the circular end al ofthe frame having recess with shoulders a2 a thereon, all combined with reading-board F G, and constructed and arranged as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN PEARD. Witnesses:

J AMES T. GRAHAM,

GEO. W. MABEE. 

